Richard Rankin

Inspector John Rebus, a hardboiled Edinburgh cop with a tendency to bend rules.

In 2003, Ivy Moxam was abducted at the age of 13 by somebody who worked at her school and was held in a cellar for 13 years in captivity: her prison. She managed to escape her prison and she will return to her home, to her life. She is now physically a 26 year old woman who is mentally 13. But how badly has Ivy been damaged and is her kidnapper still at large?

A woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.